It's Good to be a White Refugee

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Media And Politics, Society & Culture, Fight For Democracy., American Politics, White Supremacy In Politics, Multiracial Democracy, Social Justice Podcast, Wajahat Ali, Danielle Moodie, Politics, U.s. Politics Podcast, Racial Justice, Democracy Podcast, Political Commentary, Defending Democracy, Political Podcast, News, Progressive Politics Podcast, Government

4.8 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Putin is waging war in Ukraine forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes as life as they know it--and yet some that are fleeing, namely African immigrants and immigrants of color are being traumatized TWICE--from

the horrors of war and the horrors of global anti-Blackness and discrimination. We discuss the responsibility of white mainstream journalism and whether their newsrooms are up to the task at hand--humanizing ALL fleeing war not just those with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali

Executive Producer: Adell Coleman

Senior Producer: Quinton Hill

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0:00.0	Welcome to Democracy-ish. I am Danielle Moody.
0:14.4	And I'm with Jahatoui.
0:16.2	And wash, you know what I've been noticing lately?
0:18.9	And not just lately, I guess, over the past, you know, decades of my life, it's good to be white.
0:25.4	Right?
0:28.6	It's really good to be a white refugee right now.
0:31.1	Yeah.
0:32.2	I mean, it seems like literal doors open for you as a white refugee. And I feel like mainstream media, once again,
0:43.9	is failing in the telling of this story. I think, you know, this month in particular, and specifically
0:51.8	what's happened in Ukraine and what's happening in Ukraine,
0:54.7	the crisis, reveals what I call white journalism. And like herpes, white journalism unfortunately
1:02.1	flares up and gets the best of us, even those who know better. No offense to herpes.
1:07.7	Because there's no cure. Yeah, yeah. I'm going to give you some quotes, Danielle,
1:11.7	and then I want you to respond. Okay. Okay. Here's some quotes. I'm going to give you three.
1:16.0	Quote, this isn't a place with all due respect like Iraq or Afghanistan that has seen conflicts
1:22.5	raging for decades. You know, this is a relatively civilized, relatively European, I have to choose those words
1:29.4	carefully too, city where you wouldn't expect that or hope that it's going to happen.
1:33.1	Quote number one.
1:34.3	Quote number two, we're not talking about Syrians fleeing bombs of the Syrian regime backed
1:39.5	by Putin.
1:40.2	We're talking about Europeans leaving in cars that look like ours to save their lives.
1:45.9	And finally, quote number three, it's very emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed every day.
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